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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, October 15, 1960
At Augusta
BISHOP DEDICATES
AUGUSTA — The new St. Mary’s on the Hill
School was dedicated on Sunday, October 9th. His Ex
cellency, the Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonough,
D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, presided at the cere
monies blessing both the interior and exterior of the
new structure.
cred Heart Church, as deacon
and Father Nicholas J. Quin
lan, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, as sub-deacon. The
Reverend John J. Cuddy, su
-perintendent ox schools for
the Diocese of Savannah was
the master of ceremonies.
Assistant master of ceremonies
were the Rev. Ralph E.
Seikel and the Rev. Kevin
Boland.
In use since the beginning
of the fall term the new build
ing contains 12 classrooms and
is filled to capacity during its
first year of operation. The
school is staffed by Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet aided
by lay teachers. Principal is
Sister Mary Gerald, C.S.J.
Mr. Robert H. Thompson, of
Grlin K. Fletcher American
Legion Post 3200, presented
an American flag to the school.
The flag v/as received on be
half of the school by Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, V.F.,
pastor of St. Mary’s parish.
The flag was raised aloft by
an honor guard for Fourth
Degree Knights of Columbus.
Following the dedication
ceremony, Monsignor Bourke
introduced Bishop McDonough
who gave an address on Cath
olic education of youth. The
ceremony was brought to a
conclusion by Benediction of
the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The celebrant was Bishop Mc
Donough with Father Edward
W. Shields, S.J., pastor of Sa-
DEDICATE AUGUSTA SCHOOL—His Excellency the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDon
ough, Bishop of Savannah, is pictured as he blessed the new St. Mary’s School on Sun
day, Oct. 9. Pictured with the Bishop are Rev. Edward Shields, S.J., and Rev. Nicholas
Quinlan.—(Morgan Fitz Photo).
Augusta Deanery Council
Fall Luncheon Meeting
DEDICATES ST. JAMES—His Excellency the Most Rev.
Thomas J: McDonough, Bishop of Savannah, is pictured at
dedication ceremonies (Oct. 5) for the new St. James School,
Savannah.
AUGUSTA — “Do not smo
ther vocations,” Father Ralph
E. Seikel exhorted the women
attending the fall luncheon
meeting of the Augusta Dean
ery Council of Catholic Wo
men which was held at the
Elk’s Club in Augusta on Sun
day, October 2. “The need for
religious vocations is indeed
great,” the speaker continued.
He stated that “prayer, study,
work and recreation is the
well-balanced schedule follow
ed in the preparatory semina-
riese and novitiates and that
this is the wholesome atmo
sphere in which the young
man or young woman lives
while pondering a final decis
ion.” “Mothers are especially
privileged to promote Christ’s
Kingdom,” the speaker con
cluded, and urged parents to
offer encouragement when
their sons and daughters con
sider the religious life as their
vocation. The speaker is mode
rator of the Aquinas High
School in Augusta and was in
troduced by Mrs. J. J. O’Con
nell, president of the Aquinas
Parent-Teacher Organization.
Mrs. William Barrett, chair
man of family and parent edu
cation committee, announced
that all Catholic and non-
Catholic married couples are
invited to attend an evening
of recollection on January 13,
1961 at St. Mary’s Church. A
social hour will follow in St.
DEDICATE NEW COLUMBUS SCHOOL — His Excellency The Most Rev. Tho
mas J. McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, is pictured at ceremonies of dedi
cation for the new Our Lady of Lourdes School. Pictured left to right are Rev. William
Dowling, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes; Rev. Andrew Mullen; Bishop McDonough and
Rev. Clement King, Chaplain at Fort Benning.—(Ledger-Enquirer Photo)
Mary’s Parish Hall. Further
details of this event will be
given later.
Mrs. Vernon Stephens, chair
man of international relations,
urged all to observe United
Nations Day, October 24, by
participating in the “Round-
the-Clock Rosary and to con
tinue daily prayers for peace.
Mrs. L. J. Ward, deanery
president, announced that Mrs.
Howard A. Gorman will repre
sent the Augusta Deanery at
the convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women to
be held in November in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Mrs. Ward ex
pressed her appreciation to the
civic leaders and civic and re
ligious organizations of Augus
ta for their whole-hearted co
operation in the drive against
indecent literature and urged
continued vigilance against
this wholesome influence upon
youth.
The president announced
that the Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., will
be the principal speaker at the
midwinter deanery meeting.
Mrs. Edwin Mulligan of Sav
annah, president of the Sav
annah Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women, was among
the guests of honor at the
meeting.
Members of the clergy pre
sent were Msgr. Daniel J.
Bourke, V.F., Father Edward
A. Shields, S.J., Father Arthur
Weltzer, Father Kevin Boland
and Father Seikel.
Preceding the luncheon,
Mass was offered for St. John
Vianney Minor Seminary, in
Savannah, at noon in Sacred
Heart Church. Father Shields
was the celebrant. •
First Meetin
Of Year For
"PURITAN"
LOSES SUIT
WASHINGTON (NC — A
District Court Judge has
thrown out a suit by the Rev.
Mr. Harrison Parker charging
the Archdiocese of Washington
with Federal tax evasion.
Mr. Parker, who describes
himself as chancellor of the
Puritan Church of America,
has been designated by the
Democratic National Commit
tee as one of four major U. S.
distributors of anti-Catholic
material.
Judge Alexander Holzoff dis
missed the suit which Mr. Par
ker filed under an 1863 “in
former” statute. The statute al
lows a citizen to recover part
of the funds owed to the gov
ernment if the suit is success
ful.
During oral argument on a
motion to dismiss the suit,
Judge Holtzoff warned Mr.
Parker, several times to stick
to legal arguments and avoid
anti-Catholic epithets.
Atty. John B. Jones noted
that Archbishop Patrick A. O’
Boyle of Washington said in an
affidavit that he had paid his
personal income taxes, and
that the Internal Revenue
Service had stated the Wash
ington archdiocese was tax-
exempt. Judge Holtzoff said he
would hot overrule the IRS
finding.
CALENDAR OF
FEAST DAYS
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
SUNDAY, October 16 —
Nineteenth Sunday after Pen
tecost. Generally this date is
the feast of St. Hedwig, Wid
ow. Daughter of the Duke of
Dalmatia, she was married to
Henry, Duke of Silesia, to
whom she bore six children,
By mutual consent, they sepa
rated later in life to lead lives
of greater perfection. She
spent the remainder of her
life in the convent of Trebnitz,
near Cracow, where she lived
under the rule of her daugh
ter, Gertrude, who was Ab
bess. She died in 1242.
MONDAY, October 17 — St.
Margaret Mary Tiacoque, Vir
gin. Known as the Apostle of
xhe devotion to the Sacred
Heart, she was gifted with
visions of Christ and revealed
to mankind the favors in store
for the custom of Holy Com
munion on f irst Fridays. As a
child, she was paralyzed for
four years and was cured mi
raculously through the Blessed
Mother. She was a nun ox the
Order of the Visitation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. She was
born in Tnautecour, trance,
in 1647, and died in Paray-ie-
Momai, trance, in 16yj. Sue
was canonized in 1920.
TUESDAY, October 18 — St.
Luke, Evangelist. He was a
physician at Antioch in Syria,
who was converted to Chris
tianity and became a fellow-
worker of St. Paul. In addition
to the Third Gospel, he wrote
the Acts of the Apostles. He
preached in southeastern Eu
rope after the death of St.
Paul, and is venerated as a
Martyr. A persistent tradition
holds that St. Luke was a
skilled artist. Various pictures
of the Blessed Mother, ven
erated in Rome and elsewhere,
are attributed to him.
WEDNESDAY, October 19—
St. Peter of Alcantara, Confes
sor. Early in life he entered
the monastery of the Discalced
Franciscans. He rose to high
posts in the order, but inspired
by a desire for penance, in
1539 when he was 40 years
old, he founded the first com
munity of the “Strict Obser
vance.” He died in 1562 while
kneeling in prayer.
THURSDAY, October 20 —
St. John Cantius, Confessor.
He was born in Kenty, Poland,
in 1403 and studied at Cracow.
For a short time he was in
charge of a parish but return
ed to Cracow as a professor.
There for many years he lived
a life of unobtrusive virtue,
self-denial and charity. He
died in 1473 and was canon
ized in 1767.
FRIDAY, October 21 — St.
Hilarion, Abot. One of the best
know Palestinian Solitaries, he
was born near Gaza of pagan
parents about 292, but while
very young was baptized and
visited St. Anthony in Egypt.
ALBANY — St. Teresa’s
P.T.A. held the first meeting
of the year in September 22nd
in the school auditorium with
the President, Mr. Bob Mc
Cormack, Jr., presiding. Father
Marvin LeFrois opened the
meeting with a prayer. The
minutes of the last meeting
were approved as lead. A fi
nancial report was given by
the Treasurer, Mr. Jim Sch-
nieders.
The President introduced the
Chairmen of the Standing
Committee and the Room
Mothers. They are as follows;
Membership, Mr. Jim Sch-
nieders; Welfare, Mrs. W. R.
Kimbrell; Program, Mrs. Gil
Barrett; Hospitality, Mrs. Mat
thew McCoy; Chairman of the
Room Mothers, Mrs. George
Hughey.
The Program Chairman gave
an outline of events for com
ing meetings and introduced
Mrs. J. W. McKinney who ex
plained the merits of the
school Accident Policy and
pointed out the important fac
tors in making claims.
Theora Brown of the Easter
Seal Center presented certifi
cates to St. Teresa’s and Mr.
Ray Dwornik for their efforts
in making the Easter Seal
Parade a success.
Father LeFrois thanked the
parents for their interest and
excellent attendance at the
first meeting and expressed his
hope for continued cooperation
during the coming year.
The annual P.T.A. Hallow
een Carnival will be held on
October 22nd. Mrs. Lawrence
Mock, Jr., Chairman of the
Carnival, gave a report and
asked for volunteers for the
new booths. A report on
scouting at St. Teresa’s was
given by Mr. Wm. Starr.
DOUGLAS RECEPTION — His Excellency Bishop Mc
Donough is shown greeting a parishioner of St. Paul’s at
a reception held September 26th. His Excellency was in
Douglas for the dedication of St. Paul’s Convent, new home
of the Sisters of the Atonement. Priest pictured is the Rev.
Gerard A. Moran, O.M.I., pastor.
MEETING AT VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA — The Catholic
Women’s Club of St. Johns
Church held their annual din
ner meeting at Minchews.
Mrs. Richard Joseph, presi
dent, presided over the dinner
meeting.
Committee chairmen were
appointed as follows; Parent-
Home and School, Mrs. Ernest
Nijem; Foreign Relief, Mrs.
Alex Skaropat; Librarian and
Literature, Mrs. W. C. Retter-
bush; Organization and Devel
opment, Mrs. Ernest Nijem;
U.W.O., Mrs. Anne Garrett;
Circles, Mrs. Ken Williams;
Bake Sales, Mrs. Carlo Joseph;
Publicity, Mrs. S. W. Eason, .
and St. Mary’s Home, Madonna
Plan and feed a family, Mrs.
Robert Wagner.
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OUR LADY OF LOURDES, COLUMBUS — Pictured here is the 6th grade class of
re new Our Lady of Lourdes School, Colum bus.—(Ledger-Enquirer Photo)
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term pledges toward a higher
goal over several years.
Informal talks after the con
ference indicated pastors are
optimistic about reaching the
1960 goal of $110,000 even
though contributions to the
same goal in 1959 fell short
of the mark by $16,000. Most
gave as the reason' for their
optimism the observation that
their people have been expect
ing the drive this year and are
better prepared than they
were a year ago when the an
nual drive was initiated.
PERSONALITY
Be the type of person who
brings happiness wherever you
go — not whenever you go.
AUGUSTA BREAKFAST—Shown here is the speakers table at the Holy Name break
fast held Oct. 9th at St. Mary’s. Speaker was the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Bish
op of Savannah.—(Morgan Fitz Photo).
On his return to Palestine, he
found his parents dead, dis
tributed his wealth to the
poor, and retired to the wilder
ness of Egypt.
SATURDAY, October 22 —
St. Mary Salome, Widow. One
of “the three Marys,” she was
the wife of Zebedee and the
mother of the Apostles St.
James the Greater and St.
John the Evangelist. She was
one of the holy women .who
followed and ministered to
Our Lord at His Crucifixion
and burial, and who witnessed
His Resurrection.
K. C. AUXILIARY
ALBANY — Mrs. E. R. Pul
len, Dougherty County home
demonstration agent, gave an
interesting program on how to
make draperies and curtains
at the recent meeting of the
Knights of Columbus Auxil
iary.
Winston-Salem Sacristan
Has Distinguished Helper
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.,
(NC) — It wasn’t until her
temporary assistant left that
Virginia Myers knew what a
distinguished helper she had
had.
Every Catholic in the Win
ston-Salem area knows Miss
Virginia. She’s the sacristan
for Father Jesse Creel at the
downtown parish of Our Lady
of Fatima. She has a way of
patting altar flowers to make
them more attractive, smooth
ing out altar linens and pick
ing. up litter in front of the
church,
At 6:30 a. m., the door of the
church usually are open and
Father Creel, reading his
Breviary, waits to hear Con
fessions before the 7 a. m.
Mass. On this particular day, it
was after 7 a. m. and the doors
were still closed.
Miss Myers was picking up
the liter around the church
lawn when a friendly woman
in a chic dark suit and a blue
chapel cap came along. Miss
Myers explained that Father
Creel apparently had overslept
(which he had) and the strang
er joined the sacristan in pick
ing up the litter. Father Creel
put in a bellated appearance
and the two women joined the
other parishioners at Mass.
After the Mass was over, the
visitor dropped into the sacris
ty to meet Father Creel. She
extended her hand and said:
“I’m Mrs. Kennedy, John’s
mother.” Miss Myers never got
to meet the distinguished visi
tor formally.
bishop McDonough is pictured with priests of diocese ai retreat held lasi month.